The Pentagon inspector general’s probe focuses on Flynn’s acceptance of foreign money before joining the Trump administration and in potential violation of the Constitution.
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After the Defense Department’s internal watchdog concluded its investigation into Retired Lieutenant General and former-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, the inquiry was forwarded to the United States Army. On March 12, 2021, The Washington Post reported the “case could bring tens of thousands of dollars in financial penalties for President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser.”
The inquiry centered on the retired officer’s receipt of money from Turkish and Russian interests before joining the former-president’s administration. Most United States officials are banned from accepting money or gifts from foreign governments. The prohibition includes retired military personnel; Army LTG Flynn retired in 2014.
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The Andrews government is being sued by a group of residents and a council in Melbourneâs west over plans to dump soil contaminated with potentially carcinogenic PFAS chemicals from the West Gate Tunnel in landfills located close to homes.
Maddingley Brown Coal landfill in Bacchus Marsh was one of the sites approved to take soil from the West Gate Tunnel.
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Documents lodged in the Supreme Court on Thursday show the Moorabool community group has requested a judicial review of Planning Minister Richard Wynneâs decision to amend the Moorabool Planning Scheme, which would allow potentially millions of tonnes of PFAS-contaminated soil to be dumped at the Maddingley Brown Coal landfill in Bacchus Marsh.
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Cathy Wilkinson’s first day as boss of the Environment Protection Authority was undoubtedly a trial by fire.
At 7.30am on August 30, 2018 the EPA’s crisis response centre received an alert that an eight alarm emergency had been declared in West Footscray. Firefighters were battling the worst industrial blaze in two decades at an illicit chemical waste dump that was spewing a toxic smoke plume across the city and turning a nearby creek into a river of fire.
The aftermath of the fire at the West Footscray factory.
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As EPA air and water pollution experts scrambled to get to the scene, the governing board made the decision that it also needed to immediately replace the chief executive.